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journalists beat the fbi to the diplomatic compound by several weeks. terrorists are seeing a lot of green lights across the region. >> what do we need to do differently? >> i think we should be serious about not only attacking terrorist groups for getting the incorrect line al qaeda is on the heels. i forget the line the president used through out the campaign that the tied of war is receding. we get a vote on whether or not that is true and they have voted that is not true. most importantly what motivated the terrorists. it hasn't been addressed by the obama administration. it didn't serve well in what i served. look at egypt and tunisia are doing at the ballot box along side what terrorists are doing on the battlefield and figuring out how to push against that. >> i hear you talking in wider terms about the arab spring. this has been a bit of a building now. talk with me more about that. >> well, you know early days in arab spring, in cairo, in tunisia they weren't long bearded militants like tehran in 1979. they were young modernists often secular s
journalists beat the fbi to the diplomatic compound by several weeks. terrorists are seeing a lot of green lights across the region. >> what do we need to do differently? >> i think we should be serious about not only attacking terrorist groups for getting the incorrect line al qaeda is on the heels. i forget the line the president used through out the campaign that the tied of war is receding. we get a vote on whether or not that is true and they have voted that is not true. most...
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you have been with the fbi, you have been a u.s. marshal and a police chief. have you both state, local, federal law enforcement background, why you are against this proposed ban on assault rifles? >> well, judge, first, thank you for having me on tonight. i am here because this is really a horrible bill because it does nothing to address the issue of denying access to firearms by dangerously mentally ill people, which is the issue of the day. instead, it's just an aggressive action by the usual anti-gun activist who is are attempting to drive a stake through the second amendment rights of all americans by... creating a ban on some of the most popular firearms in america, creating new... civil liability traps-- >>> carl, let me ask you this. i used to sign pistol permits when i thought they were appropriate for people who did all the background check and the fingerprints. how do we find out if someone is mentally capacitated, going forward? how do we know that? is there a system that says a guy is on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic medication? >> this is a
you have been with the fbi, you have been a u.s. marshal and a police chief. have you both state, local, federal law enforcement background, why you are against this proposed ban on assault rifles? >> well, judge, first, thank you for having me on tonight. i am here because this is really a horrible bill because it does nothing to address the issue of denying access to firearms by dangerously mentally ill people, which is the issue of the day. instead, it's just an aggressive action by...
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obviously the fbi is conducting an investigation. what actions are taken will be determined in the future. >> what is the united states government's position on the role of al qaeda in the islamic and attacks in benghazi? >> again, i'm not going to prejudge what the fbi determines. we know there are al qaeda-related organizations as we saw from the pictures that were held up throughout the region including in eastern libya. we know people like we saw with the recent attacks in a.m. jeer ya like to associate themselves with al qaeda. but we've got to be careful about what that means. core al qaeda has been severely depleted coming out of afghanistan and pakistan. what we're dealing with now is the jihadists who have been associated with al qaeda who have gained, unfortunately, very serious combat experience. coming back to the countries that they left in order to go wage jihad in central asia. so whether they call themselves al qaeda or haram, or sharia. they are all part of the same global jihadist movement. and there may be differen
obviously the fbi is conducting an investigation. what actions are taken will be determined in the future. >> what is the united states government's position on the role of al qaeda in the islamic and attacks in benghazi? >> again, i'm not going to prejudge what the fbi determines. we know there are al qaeda-related organizations as we saw from the pictures that were held up throughout the region including in eastern libya. we know people like we saw with the recent attacks in a.m....
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the fbi going over immediately to start talking to them. we did not think it was appropriate for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted their interview. we did not -- i think this is accurate, sir, i certainly did not know of any reports that contradicted the i.c talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. you know, i want to say that people have accused ambassador rice and administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further from the truth. was information developing, was the situation fluid? would we reach conclusions later that weren't reached nishly -- >> do you agree a simple phone call to the evacuees would have ascertained immediately there was no protest? that was a piece of information that could have been easily obtained within hours if not days. >> senator, you know, when you're in these positions, the last thing you want to do is interfere with any other process -- >> i realize that is a good excuse -- >>
the fbi going over immediately to start talking to them. we did not think it was appropriate for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted their interview. we did not -- i think this is accurate, sir, i certainly did not know of any reports that contradicted the i.c talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. you know, i want to say that people have accused ambassador rice and administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and...
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i know the fbi has been on the hill doing briefings with certain committees. i don't know about this committee. but i certainly hope that the fbi is able to investigate, identify, and hold responsible those who waged this attack against us. and i think based on their work, they feel that they are pursuing some very positive leads. >> okay. my understanding is the tunisian person who was held was released by a judge there. and that person has been released. so basically we don't really know at this point who did it. >> well, congressman, i confirmed with director muller who was just in tunisia meeting with their high officials that this person is basically under law enforcement surveillance. and forbidden to leave. director muller told me that that had been confirmed to him by the tunisians. >> all right. just very briefly, we don't know who -- no one's been held accountable, charged with this offense. before gadhafi was taken out, my understanding is the nation of qatar shipped in 18 shipments, 20,000 tons of weapons, machine guns, rpgs into the region to help
i know the fbi has been on the hill doing briefings with certain committees. i don't know about this committee. but i certainly hope that the fbi is able to investigate, identify, and hold responsible those who waged this attack against us. and i think based on their work, they feel that they are pursuing some very positive leads. >> okay. my understanding is the tunisian person who was held was released by a judge there. and that person has been released. so basically we don't really...
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as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working on the investigation. director mueller was in libya and tunisia recently. i get disappointed when people give half of the story. the guy has been released. as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveillance within tunisia and following the rule of law and as more evidence becomes available, they are prepared to act on him again. i think as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to justice but also to understand benghazi in the context of what's happening over the last few days to understand the evolving threat from al qaeda and to deal appropriately with that. >> dana loesch there were phone calls today that they would have been fired. do you agree with that? >> there were a lot of missteps here. we do know that you had said that there was a whisper of questioning susan rice and secretary of state clinton. i don't think asking questions on why talking points were changed, we know for sure the u.s. intelligence report came out and said extremists t
as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working on the investigation. director mueller was in libya and tunisia recently. i get disappointed when people give half of the story. the guy has been released. as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveillance within tunisia and following the rule of law and as more evidence becomes available, they are prepared to act on him again. i think as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to...
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poor libyan cooperation hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it's also a matter of signalling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of the tragedy in benghazi rather than engaging in gotcha politics that make it more difficult to achieve this bipartisan goal. as the new rinking member, let me say on behalf of this committee, we would like to welcome you back and glad you are feeling better. this will likely be your final appearance before our committee and i want to take the opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your outstanding and tireless efforts to represent our country in the international community. i have no doubt you will continue to serve our nation in some capacity as you have for so many years and i look for
poor libyan cooperation hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it's also a matter of signalling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of the...
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poor libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it is also a matter of signaling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle, for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of a tragedy in benghazi, rather than engaging in gotcha politics that make it more difficult to achieve this bipartisan goal. madam secretary, as the new ranking member on the foreign affairs committee, let me say on behalf of the democratic members of this committee we would like to welcome you back to our committee, and we're glad you're feeling better. this will likely be your final appearance before our committee, and i want to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your outstanding and tireless efforts to represent our country in the international community. i have no doub
poor libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it is also a matter of signaling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle, for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of...
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>> there was discussion going on afterwards but once the investigation started, the fbi spoke to them before we spoke to them. and so other than our people in tripoli, which i think you're talking about washington, right? >> the point i'm making is a very simple phone call to these individuals would have ascertained immediately that there was no protest prior to this. this attack started at 9:40 p.m. benghazi time and it was an assault. i appreciate the fact that you called it an assault. i'm going back to then ambassador rice five days later going to the sunday shows and what i would say purposefully misleading the american public. why wasn't that known and, again, i appreciate the fact that the transparency of this hearing but why weren't we transparent at that point in time? >> well, first of all, senator, i would say that once the assault happened and once we got our people rescued and out, our most immediate concern was number one taking care of their injuries. as i said, i still have a ds agent at walter reed seriously injured. getting them into frankfurt to get taken care of, t
>> there was discussion going on afterwards but once the investigation started, the fbi spoke to them before we spoke to them. and so other than our people in tripoli, which i think you're talking about washington, right? >> the point i'm making is a very simple phone call to these individuals would have ascertained immediately that there was no protest prior to this. this attack started at 9:40 p.m. benghazi time and it was an assault. i appreciate the fact that you called it an...
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and as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working director mueller was in both libya and the senator just said, you know, while this guy's been released. but as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveilewithin tunisia, they're following the rule of law, and as more evidence becomes available they're fully prepared to act on him again. so i think, you know, as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to justice but also to understand benghazi in the context of what's happened in mali recently, what's happened in algeria over the past few days, to understand the evolving throat from al qaeda in the maghreb and to deal appropriately with that. >> dana loesch, there were calls from some people, rand paul and others, that hillary clinton would have been fired over what happened. do you agree with that? >> i do agree with that. i think senator paul was correct in his claims today and how he addressed secretary of state clinton. there were a lot of -- there were a lot of missteps here. we do know -- you had said that there w
and as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working director mueller was in both libya and the senator just said, you know, while this guy's been released. but as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveilewithin tunisia, they're following the rule of law, and as more evidence becomes available they're fully prepared to act on him again. so i think, you know, as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to justice but also to...
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the fbi going over -- we did not think it was a puppet for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted their interviews. i think this is accurate -- i certainly did not know of any report that contradicted the ic talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. i just want to say that people have accused ambassador rice and the administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further from the truth. the information developing, but we reach conclusions later that were not reached initially -->> do you disagree that a simple phone call to those evacuees which have ascertained immediately that there was no protest? that was a piece of information that could that and easily obtained. within hours, if not days. >> when you are in these positions, the last thing you want to do is interfere with any other process. number two, no, it's a fact. i would recommend highly you read both what the arc said and the classified arb. even today, there are questions being raised. we have no doubt
the fbi going over -- we did not think it was a puppet for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted their interviews. i think this is accurate -- i certainly did not know of any report that contradicted the ic talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. i just want to say that people have accused ambassador rice and the administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further...
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the fbi going over -- we did not think it was a puppet for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted their interviews. i think this is accurate -- i certainly did not know of any report that contradicted the ic talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. i just want to say that people have accused ambassador rice and the administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further from the truth. the information developing, but we reach conclusions later that were not reached initially -->> do you disagree that a simple phone call to those evacuees which have ascertained immediately that there was no protest? that was a piece of information that could that and easily obtained. within hours, if not days. >> when you are in these positions, the last thing you want to do is interfere with any other process. number two, no, it's a fact. i would recommend highly you read both what the arc said and the classified arb. even today, there are questions being raised. we arno -- have
the fbi going over -- we did not think it was a puppet for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted their interviews. i think this is accurate -- i certainly did not know of any report that contradicted the ic talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv shows. i just want to say that people have accused ambassador rice and the administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further...
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>> again, i'm not going to prejudge what the fbi determines. we know that there are al qaeda related organizations, as we saw from the pictures that were held up throughout the region, including eastern libya. we know people like we saw with the recent attacks in algeria likes to associate themselves with al qaeda, but we got to be careful about what that means. poor al qaeda has been severely the pleaded coming out of afghanistan and pakistan. what we're getting with now is jihadists who have been associate with al qaeda, with gains and socially very serious combat experience, coming back to the countries that are left in order to go wage jihad in central asia. so whether they call themselves al qaeda or boko haram or on sasha rearick, they are all part of the same global jihadists movement. there may be differences between them but their goals are unfortunately similar and posed threats to us and our partners. >> i think the chairman and mr. poe have -- -- [inaudible] do you find it distressing the government has released the gentlemen in lig
>> again, i'm not going to prejudge what the fbi determines. we know that there are al qaeda related organizations, as we saw from the pictures that were held up throughout the region, including eastern libya. we know people like we saw with the recent attacks in algeria likes to associate themselves with al qaeda, but we got to be careful about what that means. poor al qaeda has been severely the pleaded coming out of afghanistan and pakistan. what we're getting with now is jihadists who...
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four libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation success here is a matter of justice and it's also a matter of signaling to the militants that there is no place for them to hide if the attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member for his opening remarks. >> thank you mr. chairman for holding this important hearing. i hope that we can use this for an opportunity to seriously examine the steps that we need to take to end their reach peak of the tragedy in benghazi rather than engaging in the gotcha politics and in gauging the to achieving this bipartisan goal. madam secretary, as the new ranking member on the foreign affairs committee, what me say on behalf of the democratic members on this committee, we would like to welcome you back to the committee in regard that you are feeling better. this would likely be a final appearance before our committee and i want to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your outstanding and tireless efforts to represent our country in the international community. i have no doubt you will con
four libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation success here is a matter of justice and it's also a matter of signaling to the militants that there is no place for them to hide if the attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member for his opening remarks. >> thank you mr. chairman for holding this important hearing. i hope that we can use this for an opportunity to seriously examine the steps that we need to take to end their reach peak of the...
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>> well, we've got the fbi, the alcohol, tobacco, firearms bureau and others converging on the scene and we're told there are about five different local agencies surrounding the woods there looking for that one shooter who apparently has not been identified. as ed reported, this sounds very different, wolf, from the types of situations we've seen aurora, colorado, newtown, connecticut, and other places where one individual went in indiscriminately and started shooting. this appears to be an altercation between two people in a school setting which makes it sound like more like the things we've seen at public schools and major metropolitan areas and some other universities where police have to start asking questions, was it drug-related, was it gang-related, was this a score settling of any type? these are the types of questions. and congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas who represents this area, harris county, texas, was asked that question and sort of restated it on air a while ago but we doubled back to her office and they told us, the fact of the matter is, the school does not
>> well, we've got the fbi, the alcohol, tobacco, firearms bureau and others converging on the scene and we're told there are about five different local agencies surrounding the woods there looking for that one shooter who apparently has not been identified. as ed reported, this sounds very different, wolf, from the types of situations we've seen aurora, colorado, newtown, connecticut, and other places where one individual went in indiscriminately and started shooting. this appears to be...